Jar-lifter



HENRY MORIfEY, 0F NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

JAR-LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Application led September 26, 1919. Serial No. 326,531.

To all whom t may concern.'

.Be it known that I, HENRY Mommy, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the city of New l/Vestminster, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar-Lifters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lifters for jars such as those in which fruit and other perishable articles are preserved, and the object of my invention is to provide a device of this nature which is simple in construction, capable of being manufactured and sold cheaply, and which enables jars to be handled with great convenience and facility during the preserving operations.

I attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device.

Figs. 2 and 3 are views illustrating its practical application.

Similar figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

1 and 2 indicate plates hingedly connected together at their upper ends, as at 3, the lower end of which plates are inclined inwardly as at el and 5 and then turned at right angles to the inwardly turned portions as at 6 and? so that the lower end of the plates are, in effect, formed as gripping jaws. Holes S and 9 are formed in each plate adjacent their upper ends through which holes is passed freely the eyed end 10 of the lifting rod 11, the opposite end of the rod being divided and the divided ends 12 and 13 being spread apart and upturned at their outer ends, as at 111 and 15, so that the divided end of the rod is substantially of hook formation.

The manner in which the lifter is used will be readily seen on reference being had particularly to Figs. 2 and 3 in which 16 indicates an open jar and 17 a jar closed and provided with the well-known wire closing clamp 18. To lift jar 16 all that is necessary is to drop the ends of the plates 1 and 2 over the mouth of the jar so that they pass under the collar 19 when by raising up the handle 11 the ends G and 7 will close in on the jar and engage under the collar so that when the jar is raised it will be supported by the plates, as shown in Fig. 2 and may be carried to any desired place. It is sometimes preferred to lift the jar by the clamp 1S and in that case the hook end of the rod 11 is used, the ends 12 and 13 being inserted under the wire to lift the jar, as shown in Fig. 3.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised a simple, inexpensive, and handy jar lifter. s

What I claim as my invention is 1. A jar lifter comprising a rod eyed at one end, and a pair of plates carried loosely by said eye having their lower ends turned inwardly to form gripping jaws capable of being spread to pass over a jar having a collar, said plates being hingedly connected loosely at their upper ends whereby when they are spread over the jar collar raising of the plates draws their lower ends together to engage the jar under the collar.

2. A jar lifter comprising a rod eyed at one end and divided at its opposite end, the divided ends being hook shaped` and a pair of fiat plates having holes adjacent their upper ends through which the said eyed end passes loosely and inclined inwardly toward their lower ends, said lower ends being bent at right angles to the inwardly inclined portions, said plates being hingedly connected at their upper ends and adapted to hang loosely and to be slightly spread apart at their lower ends.

Dated at Vancouver, B. C., this 16th day of September, 1919.

HENRY MORLEY. 

